Bite of Blood Safety Flashcards
What is environmental health
The theory and practice of assessing correcting controlling and preventing those factors in the environment that can potentially affect adversely the health of present and future generations
What are the five different aspects of environmental health
- Relationship between people and environment
- Systems-based, ecological approach
- Others focus on environemtnal conditions, controlling hazards or health-promoting environments
- chemical and physical hazards
- Social and built environments
What is the naylor report
Preparndeness are practiced by progessionals in our community espiclaly in relation to emerging infectious diesease, globalization and bioterrorism
Provides a frameowrk fo renewal of public healthh
What started the Naylor Report
The SARS crisis in the early 2000s
What is VBD
Infections that are transmitted to humans through the bite of an inficeted arthropod such as mosquito or tick
What diesease come form mosquito
West nile virus
Eastern Equine Enchpalitis
Zika
What diseases come from ticks
Lyme disease
What is in an important factor of VBD
Amplification factor
What is the West Nile Virus
Recognized in Africa in 1930s
Circulates between birs and bird-biting mosquitos
What are bridge vectors
Species of mosquitos that transmit the virus from birds to humans or horses
When was west nile first decteted
New york 1999 and spread across most of North America
When did WNV become of public health significance in Ontarion
2003
Is WNV a serious disease
Only for some of the population 80% are asympompatic and even smalelr of the population has inflammation of the brain and brain stem usually in immunocomporised and older people
What else effects the WNV
Climate and weather dependent dry summer fewer mosquitos in general hot wet summer more favourable for mosquitos
What year is always higher for ammount of disease
The first year because we do not know what we are dealing with
What are some aspects to understand when framing this problem
Nature of the condition - Potential or available test - alternative policy option
Risk to blood supply
Zero tolerance - precautionary principle
Cost of doing something vs not doing something
What is the precautionary principle
The idea that if people are harmed and you didn’t do anything you could get sued so you do something about it and try and reduce the ammount of harm
What is the rio declaration 1992 Pirnciple 15
In order to protect the environment the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilites. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for posponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation
What are the 5 precautionary principle principles
Proportionality
Non-discrimination
Consistency
Examing costs and benefits
Subject to review
What is proportionality
You don’t want to kill a fly with a hand grendae it is proprotional to people that are not harmed
What it is non-discrmination
Comparable situations should be treated in the same way unless there are grounds for doing so
What is consistency
Measures should be of comparable scope/nature that are already taken and if it works then you can apply it
What is examing costs and benefits
Comparing costs of actions and lack of action in both the short and long term not just an economic cost-benefit analysis